Three-Year-Old Rambouillet Ewes Yield Heaviest Wool
United States Department of Agriculture tests on 1,486 Rambouillet sheep show three-year-old ewes produce the heaviest clean wool, averaging 13 percent above the overall group. Fleeces from seven-year-olds rank highest among older ages, while yearlings are the lightest except for the seven-year-olds, with results gathered at the Dubois Idaho experiment station.
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United States Department Alae of Agriculture
D. A. Spencer
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Periment Station
Dubois
Ida
Feed Pigs Liberally to Obtain Greatest Gains
The text argues younger pigs gain more with the same feed and that feeding 40 pound pigs is cheaper than feeding 150 pound pigs to reach market weight. It emphasizes keeping pigs thrifty from birth, using balanced rations, and crowding for potential higher fall market prices, noting Chicago price trends for October and December over years.
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Chicago
Clean utensils curb milk contamination in dairy practice
Fieldman of the Colorado State Dairy Commission warns that dirty utensils are a major source of unsanitary milk and lower quality products. Cleanliness includes steam sterilization or hot water and germicidal measures, with special attention to milking machines and cream separators, strainers, and any rubber, metal, or glass contact points.
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Fieldman
Colorado State Dairy Commission
DaStocking Frocks for Girls and Fairy Hearts Tale
The piece surveys dainty dresses for girls six to fourteen, noting tailored suits and party frocks in ginghams and voiles with embroidery and plaits. It also shares a whimsical Fairy of the Hearts tale where the Fairy’s garden shows roses and moral lessons about having a heart in the right place and compassion.
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Feorgette
Volle Lang
Ucea
Fairy of the Hearts
Fairyland
Iearts
Attracted by Booklet Draws in Lydia Pinkham Testimony
Brooklyn resident Mrs G Mann reports a night work disruption from poor health, praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Pills. The letter cites similar relief among women, urging others to write for testimonials and contacting Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Massachusetts for more names.
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Brooklyn
New York
G. Mann
Central Ave
Hegmann
Lydia
Pinkham
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Mass
Self Feeders Improve Sanitation in Livestock Rearing
The article extols the self feeder as a sanitary device for feed in wine and poultry operations. It notes feeding from the ground risks contamination from droppings and describes design features that reduce filth introduction and ease periodic cleaning to keep feed uncontaminated.
Safeguard From Infection Before the Sow Procedure
A historical note describes sanitizing a sow before farrowing to protect the piglets from infection. It explains cleaning the udder to allow the newborn to nurse from a clean teat, a practice common among progressive swine raisers.
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Adi
Instructions on Sow Feeding After Farrowing
The passage states sows need no feed for 24 hours after farrowing and should have ample warm fresh water. It allows using the same feed as before farrowing starting the next day, with a thin slop of equal parts shorts or middlings, bran, and oats or barley fed sparingly.
Fragmentary notice on farm stock and welfare
Fragmented text mentions live stock items such as corn skim milk and alfalfa and a note about sympathy for poor relatives and reviving a chilled plea. The passage is unclear with garbled words and incomplete phrases, hindering a coherent event or action.
Reducing Skim Milk to Calf by Feeding Meal
A two month old calf can shift from skim milk to a calf meal by gradually cutting milk by one pint daily and replacing with seven pints of water mixed meal. The home made feed uses 15 lb seed meal 25 lb red day four 1 lb ground corn and 10 lb beyond Rowr-a packing house product.
Salt Meal Recipe from Bureau of Dairying
United States Bureau of Dairying outlines calf meal proportions for a one month old calf. Mix 50 pounds fine corn meal 15 pounds linseed meal 1 pound ground cottonseed meal 19 pounds dried blood meal 1 pound skim milk powder and 4 pounds salt in half a pound of the mixture per 4144 pints water. Feed cooled mix as one feeding or half daily ration. As calf grows, increase to 14 to 2 pounds daily meal with water. Used as skim milk substitute for calves over a month old. transition from milk should be gradual.
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United States Bureau of Daitryone
Time of Freshening In Dairy Cattle
Disputed views on when heifers should freshen discuss effects on cow size and maturity. Early calving is linked to smaller future size in Jerseys and Guernseys, while delaying freshening may yield larger cows but coarser appearance.
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Jerseys
Guernseryas
Pleasant Taste and Odor in Milk Affects Usage
The article argues that milks with pleasant taste and odor, or none at all, are preferred and used more often. It notes that well fed cows produce nearly tasteless and odorless milk, suitable for daily use, and that purer milk preserves original properties, increasing consumer satisfaction and consumption.
Auntie and Elsie Dispute Over Sugar on Cake
A brief domestic exchange shows Auntie scolding Elsie for adding too much sugar to a cake. Elsie pleads, insisting the amount is correct. The fragment reflects a family kitchen moment without broader context.
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Elsie
Johnny Spelled Wrong Teacher Johnson Spellings Debate
Local column questions a teacher named Johnny and a student named Johnny spelling issues. The piece notes confusion over hyphenated names and spelling accuracy in classroom practice.
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Dimity
Batiste
Yeila
Yelle Ila
Plato Voile
Julia Bottomley
Golen
Fay
Hecrub Aire
Bureau of Dairying
Mary Graham Bonner
CE AY Bert
Johnny
Spell -Wrang
St-O-N-G
Yous Deer
Harold Somfrs
BAYER
BeLlans
Dr. Scholl
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